A vigil has been launched to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Martyr Rustem Cudi Refugee Camp (Maxmur Camp).

Speaking on behalf of the first group, Maxmur People's Assembly co-chair Neşat Kara said: "As it is known, 100 years have passed since the signing of the Lausanne Treaty. 100 years ago, Kurdistan was divided into four parts by international agreements and the Kurdish people were left without status. The hegemonic powers that occupied Kurdistan at that time are now confronting the Kurdish people with denial, destruction and isolation. Turkey wants to leave the Kurdish people without a leader."

Neşat Kara underlined the heavy isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan by the AKP-MHP fascist government, and continued: "The Kurdish people have not heard from their Leader for 28 months. The hegemonic powers of the world and the forces occupying Kurdistan want to leave the Kurdish people without status with their policies of genocide, destruction and denial, as well as the heavy isolation in Imrali. We, the Kurdish people, will do everything to achieve freedom for Leader Apo. We will continue our struggle and resistance until the isolation is broken."